What degree do you need to get into law school?

While there are no specific prerequisites for law school, the courses that you take as an undergraduate and the degree that you earn are important. To that end, the American Bar Association recommends taking courses that will help with the following skills and knowledge:

• Problem-solving

• Critical reading

• Organization management

• Oral communication and listening

• Writing and editing

• Research

• Relationship building

• Collaboration

Some universities offer pre-law majors and programs, but this is not widely available, and students have been admitted to law school from nearly every academic discipline, according to the American Bar Association. Majoring in the following may be considered the more traditional preparation for law school, but there isn't a single major that is best:

• English

• Political science

• Business

• Economics

• Philosophy

Similar to your GPA and prerequisites, your Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) score is an important component of your application. The LSAT is designed to test competency areas that are relevant to future legal work, including reading comprehension, analytical and reasoning skills, and argumentation.

The test has 175 questions, and your score is based on the number of questions that you answer correctly. Raw scores are converted to a scale that ranges from 120 to 180. `The median LSAT score for admissions is 151.